386 Miscellanies. 
feet; yet the highest points of Jebel Akdar exceed 6000 feet above 
the sea; the width of the range is from twelve to fifteen miles ; 
feldspar and mica slate enter most commonly into the formation of 
the lower ranges, and limestone the upper; with the exception of 
Jebul Akdar, they are devoid of wood, and barren.” 
The interest of this memoir was very much heightened by the 
exhibition of a beautiful map, showing the traveler’s route through- 
out a distance of seven hundred miles by land, and, by the various 
explanations and illustrations given by Mr. Wellsted, who was pres- 
ent during the reading of this narrative, which is a most valuable 
addition to the geography of the hitherto unexplored country of 
Arabia.— Atheneum, April, 1837. 
10. Meteorological Tubles for the year 1836,* prepared by the 
Meteorological Department of the St. Louis Association of Natural 
Sciences. 
— Showing the state 4 the weather 
me Se nice HBr the temper- and ‘prevailing winds in 1836, compared with 
atu om 1836, ¢ d with the %% average of four years. 
prtecietige mean lansicainee of sev- Dry | We | 
en years. _days._ |days 3: 
is as | at 
| _ Sou Months. eh hel S| Winds. 
Ar age] | | BIBISIE) 4 |i 
Sis oes & BiSlB log 
| Months Slei gia BSc is} PA Ze 
js &|§ |S/2se5| January, | 9 7| 2 12/—} s. B.—Ww.—-N. Wr 
| 2\Ale |S \<8a! (February, | 5 6) 6 N. W.—S. E.—8. W: 
January, — |50.0, 0.5| 49.5|30.9) 29.5 | |March, 15 5) 2 N. W.—8+ B 
Fevreat}, |68.0] 8.5] 76.5'32.5| 34.5 | |April, 9 9\— 2/1 N. E.—8. E. 
March, 70.2). 7.2} 63.0/38.3} 42.7}. |May, 10 0 ogo 
April, 89.4/28.6] 60.858.5| 58.6 | [June 3 9) Ragen ge 
May, 97.2.47.7| 49.5,68.9| 65.2 | July, 7 17|-| 7 pee oe at 
Jane, 99.5156.7| 42.8|74.5| 73.1. | |August, 5) 14)—/12|— N. W.—S. E. 
iJuly, \98.4/61.2} 37.2'78,6| 78.1 September, 10) 8/12) 27} § paper ge 
August, 3.9/52.2| 41.7/73,6} 74.6} | Octobe: 9—) 27} 4 — 
[September, |92.7/45.5| 47.2167.8| 66.9 November, | 14 72 Se ew 
lOctober, ” |87.1/24:1| 63.0:48.4| 558 | |December, | 14) 7\—| 6| 4| 25| 6 2s.n—s. w—® Ww. 
November, |70.2|16.2| 54.0,40.8] 49.2 hole — {113} 99'16|315|51|4 ae 
|December, |53.2| 1.7] 54.029.9] 33.7 year, 3 
wo ae aaliaeo aeal See Mme ie 
iWhole year,'99.51 8.5'108.0 53,5} 55.2 Average o of 138/109)13 |92}13) 
four y 260 | 105 1314/51/53) Gees ae 
i an borealis was seen Oct. 12th, at 2 A. M. 
‘These tables are the result of observations made three times daily, 
viz. at sunrise, at 2 o’clock, P.M. and at 9 o’clock, P.M. The ther- 
mometer from which they were taken was kept at the north side of a 
house, where it was never exposed to the rays of the sun, and where 
the northern and western winds had constant access. ‘Tbe instrument 
was elevated sixteen feet above the ground, and fifty above the level 
of t ppi river. 
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